...a new pb!

well not really-that is misleading.
i actually found out what my pb when i was a junior for my 1500 was.i thought previously 5.36(but that was when i was 11) (my 1500s were never as good as my 800's) When i was 12(+3months) i officially ran 5.28.0 so that is my goal time to beat this year
i came across my earlier aths stuff-including a picture of me on the front page of the sun when i won the vic u10 cross country against 300 other people.....lol, that is a BIG race(and i was tiny tiny tiny).... stu is going to take a few of my state medals to show his junior burgers, funny that the VPSSA medals have not changed in 20 years

aaaaaagg and found out that i had actually run one season as an u13 for sandringham aths club(seniors)-i had forgotten-dont think i ever turned up to training. i wouldve done some solo training(mum used to have me doing an 800m time trial twice a week, that was the sum total of my training-never more)-ah now why did i quit back then? it is a regret of mine.

training tonight-stu altered the session somewhat to 40ish mins with 6x2min surges... i mucked up the first two reps d'oh-here they are min/km, not flat out-stu asked me to hold back a few times
1. mucked up the garmin
2. mucked up the garmin
3. 4:28 min/km
4. 4:14min
5. 4:15 min/km
6. 4:09 min/km
7. 4:20 min/km
8. 4:00min/km stu said to go as fast as we wanted, had no more than this in the legs though on this one- it wasnt a full shuffle recovery, we were joggin in between for the first 4-5reps. overall including shuffle was 5:20pace

so 42min, 8kms and for the first time since ballarat, i felt good. legs started to feel springy. i think i will race well this weekend. takes me a WHOLE lot longer than the spring chickens to recover. and tonights session did not feel very hard either- i worked, but couldve gone faster(except for the last one)
-ewen, you can buy me that beer you owe me from our summer comp when i take our boys on camp to the AIS!!!!
-ajh, when is the 5-er? and what is your goal time?

..actions speak louder than words

..coliban relays at bendigo coming up this weekend and its been difficult for selection due to the fact that the junior girls havent run over 5km.
did i mention from my 10km time at sandown i got about a min pb for my 5km race(previously 23:12 or 13).The first 5km was 22:14(the second 5km 22:21)
so my only 5km time is 22:14 for comparison. I like to think i couldve gone more than 30s faster if i were only running 5km not 10km. Ii have proven i can maintain my pace for longer than 5km.
anyway other people have been selected as being faster than me-so i have set myself a goal i would like to run for the 5kms(its 5.1 but i will check my 5km split)-let you know how i go when i get back!
anyway, i have been given the leg which is reserved for the slowest person in the team-yep my confidence isnt at an all time high!
no running today. bit grumpy.back been playing up. took naprosyn(750mg anti inflamms)
-did my home pilates and when i did the proper sit ups, i could feel i wasnt as strong in the core

starting to get back on track

..legs are starting to feel like they are recovering..s.till no speed yet, but i plan to be back training well by tues
back is well kinda abominable at the moment-going from sitting to standing is NO fun at all!!! :( a few grimaces and short little eeks have emanated from miss jo today
..went for the long run 60min(so a shorter long run than the norm) i peeled off from the group when they said they were going up a hill(which has quite a steep descent-hard enough inmy back when it is doing well) so i decided to go solo after 25mins and quite enjoyed the quiet time anyway
then dragged stu around the shops-he's such a good lad, no complaining
except i do have to stop the impulse buying
wool underblanket-no probs needed that
a couple of singlets-no worries
miscellaneous bathroom stuff-yeah no worrie
my fave bra on special-go for it!(sweater girl by berlei for anyone who's after a great bra) and a berlei sports bra -on sale from^60 to $42
err as we were leaving i ACCIDENTALLY bought a $100 massager thing. its OK, but not worth the money i spent...lol...i honestly dont know what happens to me..you knw the BERZERKERS in war-time..i kinda get into that HEADY state i think when im shopping...lol//to my defense i did try to get feedback..."stuuuuuuuuuuuu, what do you think? he said he didnt care, he shoulda said maybe wait til next week...
yep miss j nods her head now, with delight at removal of blame from her, IT MUST BE STU"S fault..... naughty boy ;) yep i can rationalise everything!!!!
then home, chop up some pilates bands for stu's training group-good gf

hmmmmm and YAY stu is cooking dinner, he seem to be over his cooking strike.... IM KIDDING STU!!!!!!!!!! dont wanna make the head chef mad-otherwise we will be living on frozen oven fish or chicken!

and wooohooo wooohoooo woohooo wooohooooo im on holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

errr that'd be my fault

lets just say todays run WAS NOT wonderful...lol... that would be COMPLETELY and utterly miss jo's fault however. broke up form school last night and a gf and i went out on the town..... i staggered in around midnigh which doesnt sound bad-=except for the fact i started drinking at errr 3:30 pm. woke up feeling ok but as SOON as i started doing faster work, i REALLY was feeling the pinch(in part-it does also take me a whole week to recover from a LONG race- the 10kms was about that long and the half last year-run fast not race, took me over 2 weeks!)- lol, these 800 runners are soft eh?
2ish(a tad shorter) warm up
2kms harder 8:27
2km steady 9:01 and i reckon it was 4:40 min/km
1.5-2km(i think coold down)
then off to my bro's bday dinner-and watched cwood beat freo..poor stu had to sit thru us cheering and panicking..lol
..goota love a day where you have a run AND the champer starts flowing at midday(slightly after) LOL
ciao bellas

..ahem..am i supposed to be a runner???

..cos surely if im a runner i should be able to do sets that are set for me...lol

dont worry im not after 'youre going ok etc etc

but i could not manage the proposed set of 800,1km,1.2km,1km,800m all at 4min/km pace (96s laps)
in the first one where i VERY nearly made hte time, i kinda bent over and said to stu...no WAY can i manage it.... no idea if it was tired legs from sat or what but htere was no FREAKING chance.. he said i could drop back to 800s if i wanted..so next rep 800 4:08min/km then did a 1km rep, 4:11min/km 800 4:10min/km(or 100s laps) then 800@ 4:08min/km

so in the end 2x800, 1x1km,2x800 1lap warm up 4x100 strides 3 lap cool down
but felt DREADFUL(not sick -just no push in the legs,less than zero speed), i sucked it up as best i could, but that was all i could do. i tried , i failed. no jockeying and saying i did well thanks cos it is NOT true, i did OK but that is as FAR as you could stretch it
..no im not being hard on myself...sometimes you have to be realistic and realise you had a SHIT day of running
..anyway holidays tomorrow..just cant wait for a sleep in on monday-have to get up quite early sat/sun
dinner tonight with the lad-at The brook..pretty cool, a reasonable steak n chips that was well cooked for $15
alright gonna duck off, no running tomorrow -out partying with my friend kat and then running sat morning followed by a family function,stu may have to push me out of bed mind you!

miss crankypants

hmmmmmm if you dont have anything nice to say, youre not supposed to say anything are you... well i guess thats it for the blog tonight.....lol

the session was HIDEOUS tonight 5x4mins which is normal, but i was feeling a bit flat, combination of 15kms on sunday,the week before my little visitor(always a bit blah), boys being pains in the backsides at school, and a whopping big blister that hurts every step..and the most important factor of - THE WILLPOWER OF A GNAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pure and simple.i sucked big time.could NOt get the legs to churn over any faster
couldnt keep up with the girls on the 3rd or 5th rep. it felt AWFUL except for the 4th rep which was ok. i knew in the car it wouldnt be pleasant

ah well tick in the box(in the crappy run box really)

cranky la la so gonna go to a stupid meeting

...blister blister where for art thou

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh right on the sole of my foot(near the arch...darn darn darn bloody darn) the dome which is in my shoe to fix my toe that aches and has ached on and off for the last ummm year..caused a yukky yukky blister which is kinda annoying...and i feel like the BIGGEST wuss in the HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. i wasnt sure if i was going to be able to run because of STOOPID blister. not to be put off...i running frocked up(ie put on running gear), shoes and went ouch ouch ouch.ok not gonna work, go and scab a bandaid...err its a shitty one, no way will it hold...so wrapped some undertape meshy thing around foot... yep its hurting to walk...f-ing hell im soft...ok gonna do the warm up with the boys-err cmon jo suck it up -its a DAMN blister-lol- you run with a sore fecking back nearly EVERY day!!!! i decided i couldnt POSSIBLY be a baby so i did a light run with the boys..i ran reverse whilst they did fartlek, 90on jog x2, 60 on 60jog x4,30on30jogx4, 15on 15 jogx4 which is on the 20mins! plus 4 and a bit mins either way from school..and then ive gone ok boys...planks it is
30s front,30s side,30s front,30 sec other side, 30s front (i hate this set so i did it with them-you cant give something horrible if youre not prepared to do it)
then 1min rest -was gonna be 30s for the next sets,but one of the boys tried to negotiate and the only way i negotiate is LONGER-lol...when will they learn
an example:miss f says- 30mins, boys say 25, miss f says 45, boys say 25, miss f says 50, boys say ok 30, miss f goes ok then i guess 35 it is and you can thank "insert name' for the extra 5mins!....... LOL they shouldve learnt by now
oops i shouldnt say that.STU it is a bad bad theory
so instead of 30s it is now 45(one boy wanted 90s for each but i knew i couldnt manage that!!!)
45s front,45 side,45 front,45 side,45 front...OMG that hurt
..theyre lovely young guys-they did actually thank me as they left :)

round 4 cross country-ballarat

OMG it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo get the idea oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cold at ballarat. i got out of the car and the top half of my fingers went completely white and i couldnt feel them at all (and i had gloves on) anyway after a few arguments on the way there about directions(and they were all stu's fault of course) LOL, and i can say that cos ITS MY BLOG so im alwaaaaaaays right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe
-i was pretty dang happy when Em asked me to run with her . oh yeah it was incredibly windy too around the dry lake. we went through 11km in 56.17 and then not too much later, i saw a few girls ahead of me and decided to pass them just in case they were in my div..one thing led to a other and i ended up passing about 20 people(8 girls) running the last 4kms in under 19mins.im sure i saw 75.15(average 5:01 pace) which considering i cruised the first 11(well not exactly cruised, but it was cruising for a race and i felt extremely comfortable)
Em was really good and sent me off on my way. She did brilliantly well.I was telling her how pleased she should be.Sandown was 3 weeks ago and we were about 20s slower than her time there and she managed to still run 5kms!!!! youre on the way back honey:)

todays run. well it felt pretty yuk really.this body of mine really is not built for long long kms. it was 6kms and my right glute was well and truly painful,every step is hurting really and the last km of our 6kms where we ramped up to 5min/km, it was not good AT ALL.

oh and add into that the chafing...lol...this is going to sound bad- the chafing between my legs.... (lol)... and i have tiny little legs which do NOT rub together when i run, but from about the 6km mark i was trying to hitch up my slazenger tights as the stitching was causing considerable chafing... all i can say is YOWSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ouch ouch ouch ouch, there was yelling and cussing when i had my shower yesterday(and i had paw paw on it) and then i walked like i was a rodeo guy- lol..... i seriously was walking badly -stu was just rolling his eyes at me(whats new ...lol)

stu and i then went straight to geelong where we watched all his little kids run,....whilst the mums all yelled and screamed...OMG they are sooooooooooooooooooooo loud and then off to the point cook town centre and then home for some nice cheese and red wine..
and you know what NO HOMEWORK today.... ahhhh i love being a normal person :)

thats just f-ing lovely!!!!!

OK, how many people when they read the heading thought i was going to bitch and moan?? how often are we just sarcastic?(well for me , pretty f-ing often(oh and all the SWEARING is cos ive been watching f-ing UNDERBELLY, its F-ing unreal..get the f-ing idea...lol, im killing myself here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) ps i didnt think i would be that into it! but WOW! i LOOOOOVE IT

-anyway enough advertisement(lol)

i mean it though, how lovely!
i spend hours ogf my time, thinking hard and writing reports (particular to each student(i DONT do cutting and pasting-i like it to be very personal) Anyway today when my head of year read them, he came up and specifically told me he thought they were WONDERFUL and professional and personal to each student and i obviously had a rapport with the kids.(there wer still lots of changes to make-he is VERY hands on, ut i love working with him) I tell you, you dont get that often. It absolutely made my day. And another thing happened which made me feel good about my job. I am a lucky gal to be in a job i love and actually(generally) feel appreciated (and i actually get paid well for it! yes i am a teacher, and yes i AM saying that, but i also am working at an elite private school! something i thought i would never enjoy as it is at odds with my ideals of the teaching system, but i was burnt up, feeeling used and unappreciated(not from students!))
Eventually i WILL go back to the public system, but at the end of the day, i HAVE to pay my mortgage, so in part, i have SOLD out :( , but i am also still doing what some view as a NOBLE profession(and i take it COMPLETELY seriously. I'm such a f-ing GEEK, ok enough seriousness

LIFE IS ABOUT TO BE A WHOLE LOTTA GOOD. one week of classes, not doing hwk every night(i organised myself heaps today) and then 2 weeks holidays..... there's a whole lotta love at the mo!!!!
errr OK, i MAY BE a wee bit irrationally happy cos i finished my reports. For those not in the know Tutor reports are LONG LONG LONG around 1500-ish characters per student on top of whatever you said about them in normal reports!!!!
Oh yeah running, i do that in a part time capacity, dont i?????? LOL well ok....this week.One run since sunday! a little over 5 mins kms (4.3kms)-a twilight run for my training group, that i share with Megs, and it felt way faster than it should have!
tomorrow is going to be a slog even though i am only running it as opposed to racing. Stu has told me(and he is correct(i would have to lose like 5kgs and be like 56kgs(he didnt say this-well not this year...lol)) and majorly change my training) for these distances to do anything for me(not LIKELY) 10km is my absolute max- im still happy that i managed to do a decent 10km in may after a decent 800 at the end of mar

cant wait to see some of my friends and friend-ettes(LOL (and yes i know im a LOSER) )

happy happy(in case you didnt realise(maybe its the champers!!!!)) miss jo

eeeeuuughghghhg

so im still feeeling pretty average..and stu being the not quite so sensitive SOD that he is...
i took yesterday off school
i left at lunchtimw today cos i felt pretty crappy
-said to stu i could maybe go for a light run(i wasnt convinced as i felt like crap even thought eh 1 hour nap helped)
and he's gone "why cant you just do the intervals" err ummm i kinda cracked it at this stage and wandered around the house cussing..so decide not to do anything at all...so i stayed home and did my reports...was very productive and now the back is S.H.I.T so i took a naprosyn.... yep im a whole bunch of joy at them moment...lol
my gf just sent me a message asking: how are you..you looked shocking at work... and she wasnt the only one telling me how bad i looked. at least 6 people told me today!

so a most unproductive few days of running, but very productive work wise..exhausted, but nearing the end of HECTIC TIME where as i told stu-i will start to be nice gf again.. (im a bit of dr jeckle and mr hyde at the moment..lol..which is the bad one!!! )

--oooh thats not good at all

..i kinda keeled over on my run today. it wasnt good at all.

i knew something was wrong when i started walking up the hill to turntable(thats not such a big thing) but i just couldnt get my breath back- i said to stu, theres something wrong with my breathing today...and i think i said it again a bit later.. anyway we were in kinda hilly areas and so i just thought that was why i was breathless but then after i kept dropping off the group(that i usually run with) and i just couldnt get my breath at all. i stopped where stu was tying his shoes-and hes gone "keep going jo"...and i kinda wheezed i cant, i cant breathe and a minute later kinda fell into a bit of a squatting position just trying to breathe(stu had run off as i dont think he quite realised how much distress i was in) it is a truly horrible feeling to not be able to breathe. i eventually,still breathless kinda walked to where he had very fortunately flagged down one of the mums who took me back to stu's car. i kinda lagged on the ground for a while trying to get my breath (it really was quite like an asthma attack(dr K prescribed me ventolin once so i had some at home which i have since used) then i tried to stand and walk where i got about 3 steps and the legs kinda nearly buckled but i managed to not fall just be a little inelegant and unsteady where i remained hugging my knees for a while and feeling quite listless. i eventually regrouped and went to stus car(which felt a LONG LONG) way away..and climbed into the back seat. i had put a jacket on at the gate so i was surprised when i got into stus car and my teeth were chattering and i was UNBELIEVABLY cold- i put a thick jacket under my jacket and got a blanket out of the boot and was still cold. kinda dozed til stu got back then climbed into the front seta-where stu turned the heater up full blast as i was still freezing. then about 5mins into the drive i started to feel boiling and really quite sick (faint) so i was pleased when i fell asleep(i think i fell asleep anyway)
even since, i have felt extremely faint-overhelmingly at times and struggling to keep eyes open for long
stu and i went out for lunch which im glad i did as i have been writing reports now. i had a big nap when i got home, but im sure i will need another one soon as im pretty damn tired

so really i think i had a fever .If i still feel like this tomoorrow, i will take the day off. There is no way i couldve managed to teach kids today with how i am feeling(it felt like all of my blood/energy had been sucked out of me)

It has been a weekend of bugger all running.40mins today before i keeled over :( and none yesterday as work commitment meant i left at 8am yesterday and returned at 2:30 so when i tried to go for a water run, there was a swim meet on so i couldnt do it

never mind-hope you guys feel better than me

PIKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PIKER.. that would me me-but it WAS my friend first. she cancelled on me , then i cancelled on the gals(soz about that) and decided to stay in and do my reports :(


i must be more annoying than normal today ..lol.. i seem to be driving stu BANANAS!!!!! lol-
a lot of eye rolling 2nt oopsies, miss jo should be less umm miss jo-ish(lol, now i AM kidding) he knows what im like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i had a VERY unproductive day where i went to school to be good, then spent quite a deal of time calming other people down(their computer had crashed) and other things and minimal report writing-then out for lunch... and home for more work-did i mention IM QUITE stressed at the moment ...after thurs next week its all good...i think i may need to take poor STU out for dinner :) he's been a good lad putting up with me at the moment...im not the most fun person on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okerly dokerly have fun peops (pronounced peeps of course!!!!) xox

..yep

today was a day...lol
thats about it really
head down BUM up!!!!!!!!!!! working super super hard(and doing stuff for my mentoree as well)

then off to training with stuART and the group..plan 10x400@ 96s with 200m float in 2x5 sets

anyway, found the set really pretty easy for the first 7 reps(way different from last week--but well girly issues last week always make it a wee bit tougher(as one of the juniors tonight discovered)
..most were quicker than 96,(4min/km) around 95s and then a couple at 94s...meanie old stu made me crank out a 94 on the last rep(now that was tough) but the legs felt great..was nice and upright(trying a slight forward lean) and am trying to get 'the float' working

anyway very happy with how i was running... time for beddie byes for jojo... nighty night

hmmmmmm

mis jo is super dooper tired today...my eyes hurt... :(

feel like im coming fown with something..sore throat tonihgt so about to have an early night

anyway stu sent me off for a run in the rain today 30-40mins easy..unfrtunately, none of it actually felt easy.there was a 5min period 22-27 where it felt ok, the last 10mins was a real struggle

soup for lunch.soup for dinner(but the soup stu made was actually very tasty)

see ya later lads and ladettes..... im not cheery tonight, not grumpy-just quiet

...head above water miss jo

..thats what it feels like at the mo...just keeping the head above water(not whinging-things are good-just busy and a bit stressed at the mo(she says whilst not doing hwk.. i did do what i set myself)
i made a plan this year-to set myself a target each day EVERY day and to not work excessively early on so i DONT burn out

busy day at work today..( a nice easy day tomoz..so will get time to write reports)

really didnt feel 100% on the way home today...hard to describe but i felt 'PALE" and i looked a bit pale too. Anyway had a nap and still felt average...raining outside, knew it was a tough set tonight, really wasnt sure how i would manage, but didnt want to say that to stu
..then as there was only 2 girls apart form stu and i going today and one cancelled, he rang the other and asked me if training was on...i replied...nah..lets cancel

and then ive gone come on stu, get changed, lets go for a run(if i could run with my jacket at an easy pace, then i could cope)
stu and i went for a 45min run..but OLD MEANY PANTS of course decided we needed to have 6x2min speedier bits in there(isnt he a joy and a half!!!!!)
actually felt ok(last 2 min rep became 1 as it was too dark and uneven(and we all know im unco) the bruise form falling off the fence at sandown has only just vanished..nearly(yet it still hurts to lean on)

stu and i went to malaysian for date night :) he's a good lad...i think ill keep him :) ( he always rolls his eyes when i say that)

..a family day

woke up this morning and was very glad i had organised a water run with claire and amy..
em will rember a set similar to this
5mins warm up
between each effort was 60s break-the efforts were
1min
1min
2min
3min
4min
3min
2min
1min
1min
and the last one was a race...claire (teh little fish)..kinda had a qasi running /swimming style(leaning way too far forward which makes it easier)
ANYWAY ..end of the day, i was happy with the set..back felt OK after it, glute on the right still way sore

then off to the footy with by bro and his wife, my dad, and my nephew and his very new wife :) a great day with the family-especially since im a cwood fan

then home, some reports(have done what i set as the minimum for the weekend) and OFFICIALLY refuse to do any more.... im tired and need to pace myself for the week

will write 2/3 of a set of year 12 reports tomorrow(already done a 1/3) a class of year 12 on wednesday(reports due thursday for year8s and 12s... then the year 9s during fridays non student day..and then i get to start reading the 26 students who each get 12 reports and make corrections, plus i also have to write tutor reports which cant do til i read their other reports :) busy 10days
PLUS i plan to STILL train every day as well-its just time management ...and STU-knowing when my brain is fuddled and im not being efficient anymore(which is now)

a shorter long run..and a massage from hell

..so todays' run was shorter on account of it being HIDEOUS hills(i had to walk parts of them!!!! but then i was PRETTY damn soft today...... i felt like i was going to spew..... the legs were kinda tired from yesterdays run and i can tell you, by then end w(which was like 8.5kms ONLY and 53ish mins) they were completely STUFFED..
then home for a pancake brekky and then some hwk :( sooooooooooooo NOt fun!!!!!!!!!
-and then off to point cook where i decided to get a massage from one of those chinese places..stu and i sometimes go there ona sunday...
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR pain doesn't even begin to describe it.... i was so sore it was incredible.... the guy was breathing pretty hard.....you could hear him thinking sheeez these muscles are tight... at one stage i even said..."um sorry theyr a bit tight-ive run a lot this weekend" its okay but too much running was his reply
..and then at the end he said(in quite a strong accent) ..yes...very deep massage,.... you too tight OMG it was hideous..i was kinda laughing at the end-it felt like he was punching me.... so the plan is a massage once a week til the back gets manageable and the legs are not balls of STEEL
then home and stu and i took the tackers out for vietnamese(and i even had some dessert!!!!! well i shared a banana fritter with SM )

i am a lucky girl to be fit and healthy and have a lovely bf and a lovely house and a cool job(apart from the reports)

more homework and quite a good run really

..this is the first run since the 10-er where ive actually felt reasonable
got up this morning after a lovely sleep in til nearly 9-ok i wasnt sleeping just laying around

then did some hwk- correcting year 9 papers..for a while and then it was time to go and hang out with stu and the rugrats(we went out for pizza last night) and we did some shopping...i just cant help myself-step out for half hour and i spend a couple of hundred dollars
target was having a sale on bedding, 2 quilt covers later-plus matching pillow cases for stu and i, a manchester united cover for Connor and a spiderman blanket and ben10 blanket for the othr 2 boys plus some nice

then home for a quickie lunch..oh did i mention STU cooked us all the most delicious omelette for brekky (even he was proud of them) they had turkey, tomato and cheese in them.,,,,yummy yummy(and herbs too of course)
then off for the pack run at brimbank where stu told me i was to do a 40-45mins run with 10min tempo..so at 15min start tempo and then turn around 22-23mins...
i was running with a pack(they were sitting on sub 5min pace before the tempo, so i slowed with elyse to about 5:10 pace and we were only really about 10mins behind, then at 15 mins we all went tempo and sat between 4:18-4:24min/km for 10mins) at 23 mins elyse and i turned around..burkie was saying why dont you keep going til 10min tempo, then jog for a bit and turn around.No because i only want to run 45 mins not 50mins..so we turned around and did our last 2mins(or so of temp) errrr except for the fact that i didnt restart the watch and ummmm may have made poor elyse run a buit longer at temp(maybe extra min??) and ummm then i realised i didnt pay ANY attention whatsoever to any turns we made.... and ummm nor diud elyse..so had to go up a few tracks for a squiz...its so HARD when im EXPECTED to be the one who knows where she is going...because to be FRANK, i am complete RUBBISH with directions(give me a map and ill find anything-leave me without one-and i can get lost
anyway poor elyse was a bit worried i think....lol..a dn she was working pretty hard..i slowed a bit when i realised i was running still at 5min pace.... anyway we finished over 9kms at 5:03 pace in the end...and fortunately at around the time i was meant to finish -i said to some random guy---um is there any car park nearby????? lol and yes there was, but i had missed the turnoff so we had to go up this shitty little hill...lol..then stretches and a couple of planks 30s front 30side 30front 30 side...must do this more often

it was a great day though-hanging around at the park..i went and had a bit of a kick of the soccer ball with Connor and Kaelan..it was quite funny, id push Connor out of the way so Kaelan could have a go with the footy
..then home and finished marking year 9 exams-with kaelan yabbering away at me-lol,,,the new stools are pretty cool-it my new hwk spot

and now i AM done..having my 2nd wine(yes it is early)

oh and i succumbed this morning(back was REALLY bad(and it hurt during the night) so i took the naprosyn 750mg anti inflamm.. its amazing what a difference they make...i just couldnt take it any more :(

..tick in the box

the next two weeks really are just about getting through. Head down, bum up...am working really hard at the moment...pretty much from the moment i get in at work til the moment i leave

Its the 2 weeks of the year in june that being a teacher is not much fun at all(dont get me wrong i LOVE LOVE LOVE my job.,..... i just love it a little less than normal at the moment....LOL)-ah miss j's eyes are all googly at the minnie so it will be a quickie post

didnt have to run after school with my boys so it meant i got to the track for stu's session fresh...LOL well THAT WAS THE PLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but fresh is not, Was not and WILL not be how i would describe my little leggies today

we had a choice of session..the girls picked the 10x400m@96s with 200m float(okay shuffle /float) with a small breather after 5
so the reps were bang on 4 min pace...most were around the mark some 2 slow some too fast(see stu's blog, he took the times

so 4kms of effort, 1.6km cooldown warm up 400m strides, 1.8km of shuffle 7.8kms

but the legs are still recovering from sat(i think) maybe im just P*SS WEAK...i did after all get a rest day on monday...lol..hopefully my rest day,
anyway i managed the set without too much difficulty-had to cajole the legs a little to not mutiny but theyre dutiful little things really..i can see it was really too hard a set...
there is no way no how i could have done that set last year...

have a good day chickies and chickettes

just a quickie post(maybe)

okerly dokerly
well todays run was a SLOG and a half... supposed to be 30-40mins but was going to give it a miss and do pilates..barney the back is still giving me grief...i was feeling quite distraught about the back yesterday..also my tummy is playing up a bit(hopefully not an ulcer) but not going to take anti inflamms for a bit..so i downed a different sort of pain killer(wine... oopsies :( )
-anyway monday didnt run(was stuffed)
tues was the harder session of 5x4min efforts with 2min recovery(45s walk 75s shuffle)
-didnt feel great(also have my little visitor which is probably why im feeling quite drained at the mo(either that or all the stress at work) so i said to stu i would just sit on claire and elyse's shoulders instead of leading them out
-anyway, i did sit with them and had to work relatively hard (not as fast as a few weeks ago) but the legs were NOT NOT NOT happy!

here are the 4 min reps(then km/min)
4:15min/km
4:15min/km
4:13 min/km
4:12min/km
4:10 min/km i made the girls work hard in the last rep,so we worked really well as a group..it might be worth training like that every week in that group...we all pushed each other...although if my legs were a bit fresher i may have pushed it a bit harder

anyway
have reports to write and i cant do my marking cos im a dufus head and left it at home

am trying to look after my back a bit more
physio last monday, physio monday just gone, pilates today....must maintain this!!!!!